MASHKHEL: Balochistan earthquake victims staged protests on Friday, demanding the government do more to provide emergency relief and prevent the plundering of aid by sardars, as they prepared to spend a fourth night sleeping out in the open. Tuesday’s 7.8-magnitude quake, centred in southeastern Iran, killed 41 people, all but one of whom...

ISLAMABAD / KARACHI / SUKKUR / QUETTA: Balochistan bore the brunt of the powerful earthquake that struck southeast Iran near the border with Pakistan on Tuesday, killing at least 34 people and wounding more than 200. The US Geological Survey said the 7.8 magnitude quake hit at 3:45pm (Pakistan time) at a depth of 82km. The epicentre was 1...

A strong earthquake of 7.8 magnitude in Iran killed at least forty. The epicenter of the quake was 53 miles east-southeast of Khash town and 123 miles south-east of Zahedan. It is near to the Pakistan border. Tremors of the quake was also felt in southern Pakistan, even in Karachi city and across Balochistan province. The aftershocks of t...

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(CNN) – At least 40 people are feared dead in Iran and seven more in Pakistan after a powerful earthquake near the countries’ shared border, Iran’s state-run Press TV reported Tuesday, citing local reports. Akbar Hussain Durrani, provincial home minister of Balochistan province, told CNN that six people had been killed by the quake and mo...

QUETTA: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Pakistan and neighbouring countries on Tuesday, Express News reported. A major 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Iran near the border with Pakistan and tremors were felt in India and Gulf states. The US Geological Survey said the quake hit at 10:44 GMT at a depth of 15.2 km (9.4 miles). The...

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ISLAMABAD: Ousted Balochistan chief minister Nawab Aslam Raisani is all set to make a comeback as governor’s rule in Balochistan ceases to be in force today. And even though confusion surrounds the exact date and time of the expiry of governor’s rule , Balochistan Home Secretary Akbar Durrani confirmed to The Express Tribune on Wednesday...

BEIJING (AP) — A powerful earthquake jolted China's Sichuan province Saturday near where a devastating quake struck five years ago, killing at least 70 people and leaving more than 2,000 hurt, prompting worries the death toll will climb. The quake — measured by China's seismological bureau at magnitude-7 and the U.S. Geological Survey at...

ISLAMABAD: While his father and two brothers are leading separatist movements in Balochistan, Nawabzada Jangayz Marri is vying for the chief ministership of that very province, and is determined to counter all efforts to separate it from Pakistan. ‘’For years, I have been defending Pakistan and its interests against all those who are tryi...

QUETTA: Former Opposition leader of Balochistan Assembly and former chief minister Balochistan Nawab Aslam Raisani announced the name of Nawab Ghous Baksh Barozai as the interim CM of the province. Addressing a joint press conference in Quetta on Thursday, Raisani considered it a success that the opposition and provincial government reach...

An earthquake measuring magnitude 6.3 struck on Tuesday 89 km (55 miles) southeast of the city of Bushehr in Iran, where the country's only nuclear power station is located, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported. The Iranian Seismological Centre at the University of Tehran reported a quake of 6.1 magnitude whose epicentre was Kaki, a...

A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit southwestern China’s Sichuan province on Saturday, killing at least 56 people and injuring about 600 close to where a big quake killed almost 70,000 people in 2008.

A powerful seismic event occurred near the Iran-Pakistan border on Tuesday, and some are expecting it may cause hundreds of deaths. At least 40 people are dead in Iran and seven more people in Pakistan , but those numbers are thought to be on the rise, according to multiple outlets. "It was the biggest earthquake in Iran in 40 years and...

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Governor Balochistan Zulfikar Magsi on Sunday officially resigned from his seat, Express News reported. Magsi, governor of the province since 2008, had submitted a resignation two years ago, but President Asif Ali Zardari had declined it. He resigned after the nomination for the new governor of the province was announced. Earlier on Sunda...

ISLAMABAD: European Union monitors will not observe upcoming polls in the country’s most restive regions including the Taliban-infested northwest tribal zone because of security fears, officials said Monday. None of the EU’s 110 observers will be posted in the tribal areas or the southwestern province of Balochistan, which is plagued by m...

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QUETTA: Deadlock over the caretaker chief minister of Balochistan continued on Wednesday, as Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani and opposition leader Nawabzada Tariq Magsi could not agree on a single name. Raisani and his allies, which include the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Fazl, Awami National Party, Balochistan National Party (Awami) and some...

ISLAMABAD: Weeks of media speculation end. The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has unveiled the would-be chief minister of Balochistan. Surprisingly, he’s not from PML-N – the single largest party with 17 lawmakers in the 62-member house. Dr Abdul Malik Baloch, the chief minister-designate, is the president of National Party which ha...